Monday, July 15, 2019

Saaxiib Qurux Badan


For ages you have come and gone
courting this delusion.
For ages you have run from the pain
and forfeited the ecstasy.
So come, return to the root of the root
of your own soul.

Although you appear in earthly form
Your essence is pure Consciousness.
You are the fearless guardian
of Divine Light.
So come, return to the root of the root
of your own soul.

. . . Why are you so enchanted by this world
when a mine of gold lies within you?
Open your eyes and come –
Return to the root of the root
of your own soul.

Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī
Excerpted from “We Can See the Truth In Your Eyes”
from Rumi: In the Arms of the Beloved
– Translations by Jonathan Star

Teacher/Putnam, 2000


See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
The Soul Within the Soul
The Source Is Within You
Saaxiib Qurux Badan – July 14, 2019
Adnan . . . Amidst Mississippi Reflections and Forest Green
Adnan . . . with Sunset Reflections and Jet Trail
Saaxiib Qurux Badan – April 16, 2019
In This In-Between Time . . .
Saaxiib Qurux Badan – March 29, 2019

Image: Saaxiib Qurux Badan (“Beautiful Friend”), Saint Paul, MN – Michael J. Bayly (7/15/19).


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